Cast & Crew
Fitch Jean
Director
Fitch is a filmmaker based in Ottawa, Canada. Born in Haiti, his parents moved to Canada when he was very young in the hope of a better life. Fitch has been involved in the creative process since a young age, writing novelty and short stories since he was 11 years old. His passion for creating a story made him get into photography and visual arts which he’s been doing since 2014. But with the feeling that still images were never enough, he moved to the next medium and started his filmmaking process. Forgive me Father is the first film he wrote and directed.
Freshh Anderson
Writer / Executive Producer
Freshh Anderson is a photographer, film producer, and film writer based in Ottawa, Canada. His passion for creating captivating imagery and stories within photos has lead him to transferring those attributes to film writing and production. After 13 years in the professional photography industry, Freshh Anderson wrote and produced his first film, “Jayla”.
Adaya Ariana
Lead Actress
Adaya Ariana stars in her first lead in a film, “Jayla”. Her other performances include The Truth About Christmas (2018), My Worst Nightmare(2019) and A Majestic Christmas (2018).
Nellah Ruhl
Supporting Actress
Ampora McLean
Supporting Actress
Amir Zagara
Producer
Amir Zargara is an Iranian-Canadian 26 year old creative living in Ottawa, Canada. In high-school he took his fine art career more seriously and was represented by various galleries for his paintings. After he realized he didn’t enjoy the gallery scene, he tried his hands in Systems-Design Engineering as that was always the path coming in from Iran at University of Waterloo in Canada. But soon enough he realized the curriculum was not designed to integrate student’s passions within it. He then decided to put school on hold and start a more democratic art project with clothing which evolved into the conceptual story-telling brand named ZARGARA. After doing 2 Paris Men’s Fashion Weeks and opening up his Flagship’s store in his hometown, he has realized that he enjoys the story telling aspect more than the clothes; He has decided to put everything on hold and start his journey into film.
William Smith
Director Of Photograhy
Cast & Crew
Additional Cast
Byron Brydges
Duncan Mac
Terique Downie
Production Designer
Brianna De Avila
Set Designer
Aleks K. Raymond
Music
Lora Bidner
Costume Design
Meidy Gregoire
Script Supervisor
Sammy Mohamed
Helena Alexis-Seymour
Assistant Director
Trinh Kien
Second Assistant Director
Marc Jure
Location Manager
Kingsley Munu
Set Decorator
Elizabeth Fitzpatrick
Gaffer/Key Grip
Larry Munn
Best Boy
Sammy Mucho
Camera Operator
Abubakar Yussuff
First Assistant Camera
Timi David
Second Assistant Camera
Guillaume Jeon
Third Assistant Camera
Kingsley Memeh
Set Videographer
Nick Howe
Jabulani Coke-Talbot
Boom Operator
Charles Paquin
Sound Mixer/Sound Designer
Marie Jou Comilang-Costales
Key Makeup Artist
Dalene Gallo
Key Hair Stylist
Thani Anderson
Production Assistants
Kabu Ganda
Frankline Iwuala
